DC7: “Application of a high-throughput array tomography vEM pipeline to study the diversity of marine larvae and sensory cell types”

Host institution and PhD Awarding institution: Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) – Heidelberg University, DE. Primary Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Gaspar Jekely. Project duration: 36 months. Project description: The project will offer in-depth training in the volume...

DC6: “Identification of conserved cellular functional modules in sensory neuron evolution”

Host: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), DE PhD Awarding institution: Heidelberg University (UHEI), DE. Primary Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Detlev Arendt Project duration: 36 months Project description: Our aim to elucidate the evolution of the bilaterian brain...

DC5: “Mapping cell type diversity in the arthropod leg”

Host  institution: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL)- CNRS, FR. PhD Awarding institution: École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENSL), FR.  Supervisors:  Dr. Michalis Averof and Dr. Mathilde Paris. Project duration: 36 months. Project description:...

DC4: “Neurosensory cell types in the hydrozoan planula larvae: seeking the transcriptional basis of morphological diversity”

Host  institution: Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV), FR PhD Awarding institution: Sorbonne University (SU), FR  Primary Supervisor:  Dr. Evelyn Houliston. Co- Supervisor: Dr. Richard Copley. Project duration: 36 months. Project Description: Sensory cells...

DC3: “The origin and evolution of gravitational sense organs in acoelomorphs and beyond”

Host and PhD Awarding institution: Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSUJENA), DE. Primary Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hejnol. Project duration: 36 months. Project description: The research group, headed by Andreas Hejnol, studies the evolution of animal organ...